Hopestar Foundation
Charlotte, NC · EIN 80-6198680. Reported 27 grants totalling $299,464 to 25 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Hopestar Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $250 and $10,000; the smallest was $84 and the largest $106,641. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Please See Attachment | Various, NC | $177,581 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nurture Nc | Chicago, IL | $51,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Healthconnect One (nurture Nc) | Chicago, IL | $23,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nc Philanthropy Liaison (nc Osp) | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Center for Native Health Inc | Whittier, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| East Carolina University (ecu) | Greenville, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yancy County Da Trauma Informed Space | Burnsville, NC | $4,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stanly Community College Foundation | Albemarle, NC | $4,350 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Carolinas Collaborative | Greenville, SC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Child Care Aware of America Symposium | Arlington, VA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Hackett Center Policy Academy | Sudbury, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Wic Association | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nc Administrative Office of the Courts | Raleigh, NC | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | Charlotte, NC | $518 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nc Early Childhood Foundation | Raleigh, NC | $511 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| YWCA Central Carolinas | Charlotte, NC | $510 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Afp Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ncpc (smart Start) Hvpe Program | Raleigh, NC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation | Charlotte, NC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nc Health News | Chapel Hill, NC | $207 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Congregation Beth Hatephila | Asheville, NC | $103 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Loaves and Fishes | Charlotte, NC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Safe Space Nc | Louisburg, NC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kellin Foundation | Greensboro, NC | $84 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
1 of 25 (4%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Nurture Nc
UNRESTRICTED CHARITABLE GRANT - Healthconnect One (nurture Nc)
HEALTHCONNECT ONE (HC ONE) IS THE NATIONAL LEADER IN ADVANCING EQUITABLE, COMMUNITY-BASED, PEER-TO-PEER SUPPORT FOR PREGNANCY, BIRTH, BREASTFEEDING, AND EARLY PARENTING. - Nc Philanthropy Liaison (nc Osp)
THE NORTH CAROLINA OFFICE OF STATE BUDGET & MANAGEMENT (OSBM) DELIVERS THE HIGHEST QUALITY BUDGET DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR STATE GOVERNMENT. - The Center for Native Health Inc
THE MISSION OF THE CENTER FOR NATIVE HEALTH IS THE REDUCTION OF HEALTH DISPARITIES FOR NATIVE COMMUNITIES THROUGH ENGAGEMENT IN THE PRESERVATION AND RESPECTFUL APPLICATION OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE. - East Carolina University (ecu)
PROVIDING CULTURAL ENRICHMENT AND POWERFUL INSPIRATION AS WE WORK TO SUSTAIN AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE. - Yancy County Da Trauma Informed Space
REPRESENT THE STATE WITH INTEGRITY AND PROFESSIONALISM, PROTECT VICTIMS AND THEIR RIGHTS, AND PURSUE JUSTICE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 12 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | $38,445 | $38,445 |
| 2022 | 1 | $106,641 | $106,641 |
| 2023 | 1 | $32,495 | $32,495 |
| 2024 | 24 | $121,883 | $559 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
72% of its giving went to organizations in North Carolina. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in North Carolina.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Hopestar Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 428 East 4TH Street 408, Charlotte, NC, 28202. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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